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Jyutpinggik6 kei4
Yalegihk kèih
Definition
Extremely; to the highest degree.
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How it's used
Carries a formal and emphatic tone that is more common in written reports, news, or serious discussions than in casual banter. It functions as an intensifier for adjectives or verbs, often highlighting a state of affairs that is beyond normal expectations. While it translates to extremely, it sounds significantly more academic or literary than the everyday intensifier 好.
Examples
He is extremely dissatisfied with this matter.
Do you think this decision is extremely ridiculous?
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Common mistake
Learners often use it in casual, everyday speech where it sounds overly stiff or dramatic. For daily conversation, native speakers prefer using 好, 勁, or 唔係講笑 to express high degrees.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
